Testosterone during pregnancy and gender role behavior of preschool children: A longitudinal, population study
Testosterone during pregnancy and gender role behavior of preschool children: A longitudinal, population study
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DOI：
10.1111/1467-8624.00498
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发表时间：
2002-11-01
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4.6
通讯作者：
Golding, J
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作者：
Hines, M;Golombok, S;Golding, J
对342名男性和337名女性3.5岁的后代进行了睾酮（T）和性激素结合球蛋白（SHBG）水平的测定，并与性别角色行为进行了相关性分析。性别角色行为的评估使用学前活动清单，一个标准化的措施，父母表明孩子的参与性典型的玩具，游戏和活动。T水平，但不是SHBG，与学龄前女孩的性别角色行为呈线性相关。两种激素均与男孩的性别角色行为无关。其他因素，包括存在的哥哥或姐妹篇在家里，父母坚持传统的性别角色，存在的男性伴侣在家里，和母亲的教育，没有涉及到性别角色的行为在这个样本中，并没有考虑到T和行为之间的关系。虽然其他的，未测量的因素可能解释的关系，结果表明，正常的变化，产前T水平可能有助于发展的性别角色行为的学龄前女孩的个体差异。
Levels of testosterone (T) and sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) were measured in blood samples from pregnant women and related to gender role behavior in 342 male and 337 female offspring at the age of 3.5 years. Gender role behavior was assessed using the Pre-School Activities Inventory, a standardized measure on which a parent indicates the child's involvement with sex-typical toys, games, and activities. Levels of T, but not SHBG, related linearly to gender role behavior in preschool girls. Neither hormone related to gender role behavior in boys. Other factors, including the presence of older brothers or sisters in the home, parental adherence to traditional sex roles, the presence of a male partner in the home, and maternal education, did not relate to gender role behavior in this sample and did not account for the relation observed between T and behavior. Although other, unmeasured factors may explain the relation, the results suggest that normal variability in T levels prenatally may contribute to the development of individual differences in the gender role behavior of preschool girls.